STYLE
COURAGE, DEAR HEART
11:57 AM
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"The heart always
been linked to bravery. Even the word courage derives from the Latin 'cor'
which means 'heart'."
- Heart A History, Sandeep Jauhar
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Trauma is not my cup
of tea. Intriguingly, now I work in an acute trauma centre where most of the
cases are accident, injury, fracture or any other emergency cases that need
immediate response of treatment. These are cases that I usually avoid when I was
in medical school. But then I learn many skills here, not only clinical skills,
but also soft skills such as communication and confidence. I remember one night
shift, it was 4 in the morning and I was with a senior ER nurse handling one
trauma patient. He knew I was lost in my thoughts about the last patient, searching for the answer of the
'why' and 'how' that were running in my head. I found myself still unsure when I have to manage a trauma case. But he gave
me a tap on my shoulder while saying "It's okay if there are things that
you are not sure about, but at least make the patient comfortable. Every trauma
patient will come to you freaking and panicking, so you have to remain calm and
give them reassurance that we are trying our best to help them. Maybe that is
some advices I can give to a young doctor like you."
...
And that is when I
remember the aphorism of "To cure
sometimes, to relieve often and to comfort always" by William
Osler. A general truth about my profession, a reminder that our role as a
comforter must provide the basis of our care regardless of whether we can
relieve suffering or cure disease, which most of the time we cure nothing. And
that night shift also change my perspective about learning. Once a person stop
searching for information and knowledge, ignorance sets in. Graduating from
medical school was not the end of my learning but actually it was the beginning
of the on-going voluntary and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge. I still need
to read and learn many things for the sake of my patients. So, I can give my
best recommendations. Also, I am still learning to believe in my own self no
matter the odds, no matter the difficulty and no matter the adversity. Confidence is a skill. I need to do shits that
scares me until it doesn't. Courage, dear heart…
and the voice, she felt sure.
❤️
xx
Wearing: ILOOK red maxi dress
Photos by: Suwita Sari
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